The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-10-06

great many people have no sefiou
! objections 10 the Lord saving them, ans
then they wonder why the Lord does no
| save them. You have got TO be in osrnes
for once in your life il you desire TO b
saved. The Lord was earpest when b.
sent his Son down 10 save your life. Jeku'
n Chris. was in earnest whon be tastet
death You have got 10 be earnest, and
!. when man is in earnest sbont bis saliva
tion he will get along, Seek the Lord
while he may be found, aud bear 10 mind
be does not ask you to seek him until be
frat seeks You. he takes the place Of the
sinner, The first thing that happened
when Adam fell the news went mp on high
that be had fallen, and God comts down
and takes the place Of the sinner Adam
ought to have cried ont my God, where
am II instead OF Where art Thou?''
But the Lord sought him out.
Run along for six thousand years
and you will find that God has taken
the place OF the sinner. In the 18th chap
ter OF st. Luke occurs the parable OF the
man having an hundred sheep; and il he
lose one OF them what does he do? Does
be say II will let that sheep 60 and IT will
find its way backp 2" | remember al one
time that my brother thought his sheep
bad gotten out from their enclosure. So
he went around bis place and at last he
came upon them aud they scattered in all
directions. saw by the tone Of bis voice
that he was very much disappointed, and
| said George, never mind, leave the
barnyard gate open aud | think you will
iiad them all in the yard ID the morning.
He laughed aud he said, "You know more
about preaching than you do about sheep"
"Why?" said l. He said, "There will not
be one 10 the yard; they will be scattered
all over the mountain side. / never saw
sheep come back when once astray. They
don't know enough This shepard under
stood it, aud away he went after the sheep
He took the place OF the sinner. Whoever
heard Of sheep seeking for the shepard?
Whoever heard OF the sheep bringing the
shepard? ! saw him go down into the
valley and through the vale, and at last he
found the footprints of the sheep, and at
last be calls and the sheep respond, and
when he found it be did not begin to beat
it. but he swung it across his shoulder and
brings it back and says, Rejoice, | have
found my sheep 1t was not the sheep
that rejoiced but the shepard
When you find two parallels, one after
another, yon may know He wants to force
the truth upon the minds of the people,
A certain woman had ten pieces OF silver.
Perhaps somebody had, paid her butter
bill that day. She says II think / will
put it in the bureau drawer" She counts
it over and says, there are only nine
pieces. ooh, she says" / have lost 0
piece Of my money. What does she do?
Does she sit down and wait fol |
the money to come rolling up into her
pocket? No, she gets broom and a
candle, and turns the furniture upside |
down; she raises the dust; she "seeks |
and when she finds it she |
calls her neighbors together and says,
"Rejoice with me, / have found it," 1t
was not the silver that rejoiced, it was
the woman. That chapter also tells us
that there is great JOY in heaven over one
sinner that is brought to the fold. Don't
you wait another moment for Coo to seek
you. The Son OF Man came to save that
which is lost. Do you say he has not
sought you? He has sought you every
month from your cradle up. How do you
expect him to seek you? Have you godly
motherf He has sought you through her
prayers. Have you godly father? He
has sought you through the prayers and
Of that father. Have you ever
been down to the gates of death, and have
you been conyalescent and 10 that state
where you could not sleep, and you had
to think and think, aud there came a stil
small voice, that voice OF conscience that
would not be quieted, urging you to re-
pent and lead different life? That is
the way the Son OF Man seeks. Have not
some OF you been called to go to the grave
md lay away loved child? 1t had lived
ong enough to have twined itself arounr
our heart and then death tore il from
you like the ivy from the tree.
Didn't you hear the Son Of
iod calling you IN the storm? Didn't
You hear the voice OF Jesus calling. Come
into me, will give you rest" He seeks )
through sffliction. through sorrow and
through prosperity. He seeks in hund-
eds Of ways. And so tonight II you seek
Ifter him you will fnd him. Seek the
lord while be may be found.
In the days OF Noah have no doubt the
rushed 10 the ark which he
lad bnilt aud cried. "Noah, let us inl"
nd they heard the cry from within that
Ie had shut it. Did you ever think that
iod ehut Noah into that srk2 He shut
lin in. he didn't leave il for him to do
When that door was shut it was too late
But it is not 10 late tonight. "Seek the
.ord while be may be found. Call upon
lin while he is near But some Of you
ay. "Oh, ] would like 10 call upon him.
,ut don't know how Now il you we're
ying for the want Of bread and ] bsd
'lenty, you could call upon me for it,
ouldn't you? Likewise as 10 water. He
! 'the bread aud water Of lifeY" You will
,erish withou. this bread aud water. He
ids you to come aud dliak. He wants
on to come. That great day Of the feast
ie stood 10 the tabernacle ani said Come
INTO me-" Is there skeptic here to
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